Russia drops to 47 missions as the post-Soviet contraction bites, while Mir keeps flying on a tighter budget. In December, Endeavour's STS-61 crew installs corrective optics on Hubble, turning a blurry mirror into the sharpest eye in astronomy.
Providers
A flawed mirror had blurred Hubble's images since its 1990 launch. Over five spacewalks, the crew installed corrective optics that brought them into focus.
SCD-1 relayed weather and river readings from automatic ground stations across Brazil. It was designed for one year and kept working for more than 30.
ASCA was the first X-ray mission to pair imaging with fine energy measurement over a broad band. It worked for seven years, until July 2000.
Start-1 kept three stages of the road-mobile missile and added a fourth. A new payload shroud replaced the warhead.
It was the first Titan IV to fail. About 100 seconds after liftoff, a hole burned through one of its solid rocket boosters.
Quick filters
82 launches
| January | ||||
Jan 12, 1993 | Kosmos 2230 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Jan 13, 1993 | Molniya 1-85 Russia • Molniya M | |||
Jan 13, 1993 | STS-54 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Jan 24, 1993 | Soyuz TM-16 Russia • Soyuz U2 | |||
Jan 26, 1993 | Kosmos 2232 Russia • Molniya M | |||
| February | ||||
Feb 3, 1993 | USA-88 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Feb 9, 1993 | Kosmos 2233 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Feb 9, 1993 | SCD-1 USA • Pegasus | |||
Feb 17, 1993 | Kosmos 2234 Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
Feb 20, 1993 | ASTRO-D/ASCA Japan • Mu 3SII | |||
Feb 21, 1993 | Progress M-16 Russia • Soyuz U2 | |||
| March | ||||
Mar 25, 1993 | Gran' #42L Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
Mar 25, 1993 | EKA-1 Russia • Start-1 | |||
Mar 25, 1993Failure | UHF F1 USA • Atlas I | |||
Mar 26, 1993 | Kosmos 2237 Russia • Zenit 2 | |||
Mar 30, 1993 | USA-90 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Mar 30, 1993 | Kosmos 2238 Russia • Tsyklon 2 | |||
Mar 31, 1993 | Progress M-17 Russia • Soyuz U2 | |||
| April | ||||
Apr 1, 1993 | Kosmos 2239 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Apr 2, 1993 | Kosmos 2240 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Apr 6, 1993 | Kosmos 2241 Russia • Molniya M | |||
Apr 8, 1993 | STS-56 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Apr 16, 1993 | Kosmos 2242 Russia • Tsyklon 3 | |||
Apr 21, 1993 | Molniya 3-57L Russia • Molniya M | |||
Apr 25, 1993 | ALEXIS USA • Pegasus | |||
Apr 26, 1993 | STS-55 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Apr 27, 1993 | Kosmos 2243 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Apr 28, 1993 | Kosmos 2244 Russia • Tsyklon 2 | |||
| May | ||||
May 11, 1993 | Kosmos 2245 Russia • Tsyklon 3 | |||
May 12, 1993 | Astra 1C France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 42L | |||
May 13, 1993 | USA-91 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
May 21, 1993 | Resurs F-17 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
May 22, 1993 | Progress M-18 Russia • Soyuz U2 | |||
May 26, 1993 | Molniya 1-86 Russia • Molniya M | |||
May 27, 1993Failure | Gorizont #39L Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
| June | ||||
Jun 16, 1993 | Kosmos 2251 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Jun 21, 1993 | STS-57 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Jun 24, 1993 | Kosmos 2252 Russia • Tsyklon 3 | |||
Jun 25, 1993 | Galaxy-4 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 42P+ | |||
Jun 25, 1993 | Resurs F-18 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Jun 25, 1993 | RADCAL USA • Scout G-1 | |||
Jun 26, 1993 | USA-92 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
| July | ||||
Jul 1, 1993 | Soyuz TM-17 Russia • Soyuz U2 | |||
Jul 7, 1993 | Kosmos 2258 Russia • Tsyklon 2 | |||
Jul 14, 1993 | Kosmos 2259 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Jul 19, 1993 | USA-93 USA • Atlas II | |||
Jul 22, 1993 | Kosmos 2260 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Jul 22, 1993 | Hispasat 1B France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
| August | ||||
Aug 2, 1993Failure | SLDCOM USA • Titan IV(403)A | |||
Aug 4, 1993 | Molniya 3-58L Russia • Molniya M | |||
Aug 9, 1993 | NOAA-13 USA • Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS | |||
Aug 10, 1993 | Kosmos 2261 Russia • Molniya M | |||
Aug 10, 1993 | Progress M-19 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Aug 24, 1993 | Resurs F-19 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Aug 30, 1993 | USA-94 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Aug 31, 1993 | Meteor-2 21 Russia • Tsyklon 3 | |||
| September | ||||
Sep 3, 1993 | USA-95 USA • Atlas I | |||
Sep 7, 1993 | Kosmos 2262 Russia • Soyuz U2 | |||
Sep 12, 1993 | STS-51 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Sep 16, 1993 | Kosmos 2263 Russia • Zenit 2 | |||
Sep 17, 1993 | Kosmos 2264 Russia • Tsyklon 2 | |||
Sep 20, 1993Failure | IRS-1E India • PSLV G | |||
Sep 26, 1993 | SPOT-3 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 40 | |||
Sep 30, 1993 | Gran' #41L Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
| October | ||||
Oct 5, 1993Failure | Landsat 6 USA • Titan II(23)G/Star-37XFP | |||
Oct 8, 1993 | FSW-1 No.5 China • Long March 2C | |||
Oct 11, 1993 | Progress M-20 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Oct 18, 1993 | STS-58 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Oct 22, 1993 | Intelsat 701 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44LP | |||
Oct 26, 1993 | Kosmos 2265 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Oct 26, 1993 | USA-96 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Oct 28, 1993 | Gorizont #40L Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
| November | ||||
Nov 2, 1993 | Kosmos 2266 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Nov 5, 1993 | Kosmos 2267 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Nov 18, 1993 | Rimsat 1 Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
Nov 20, 1993 | Solidaridad 1 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44LP | |||
Nov 28, 1993 | USA-97 USA • Atlas II | |||
| December | ||||
Dec 2, 1993 | STS-61 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Dec 8, 1993 | NATO 4B USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Dec 16, 1993 | Telstar 401 USA • Atlas IIAS | |||
Dec 18, 1993 | DBS-1 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Dec 22, 1993 | Molniya 1-87 Russia • Molniya M | |||
